Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Harold Furchtgott-Roth is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and founder and director of the Center for the Economics of the Internet. He also founded Furchtgott-Roth Economic Enterprises, an economic consulting firm, in 2003. He is the author or coauthor of four books and frequently comments on issues related to the communications sector of the economy. From 1997 through 2001, Mr. Furchtgott-Roth served as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. Before his appointment to the FCC, he was chief economist for the House Committee on Commerce and a principal staff member on the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Earlier in his career, he was a senior economist with Economists Incorporated and a research analyst with the Center for Naval Analyses. He received a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford and an S.B. in economics from MIT.

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Harold Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to report that he believes the new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will not be a toady for corporate telecom, regarding net neutrality or consolidation.
Harold Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the unprecedented way Obama turned the Internet into a utility, why that was a horrible decision, and how long it will take the new administration to reverse that move.
Harold Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Trump appointment to FCC chairman post, Ajit Pai, and why he thinks this is a good choice for the future of the Internet having less regulation.